garden fading circuits

[nnnick]

hi all

i had an idea (which ive now seen is avaiable commercially) but is very expensive.

i require 4 circuits for garden lighting. low voltage would be preferred.
i would like 1 x circuit to be on for a varying amount of time (2 minutes - 10minutes) then fade out - as it feeds out another circuit to come on with a variable time, and so on.. or maybe to selct 2 circuits to come on. as above.

please could someone suggest some options.. i used to alot of small projects many years ago, but have not done anything for a long while.


many thanks

 

[jakeselectronics]

It sounds fairly straight forward.
It can be done with some basic 555 timer circuits and some relays.

Or if you have any knowledge in programming, you can use a microcontroller.